Folding paperboard carrier



United States Patent FOLDING PAPERBOARD CARRIER- Karl H. von Gaa, PortWashington, N. Y., assigner to gontinental Can Company, Inc., acorporation of New ork Application June 18, 1956, Serial No. 591,843 4Claims. (Cl. 220-103) The invention relates to folding paperboardcarriers for `bottles and the like.

Summary `My invention comprises a folding paperboard carrier having ahandlel section including an opening for the fingers of the user, and acoupon tab attached to the handle section at .or above the top edge ofsuch opening i up or totingmy carrier. This alerts him to the presenceof the coupon. VAndthe coupon tab canbe pushed with the forefinger toraise it for easy detachment.

Because the coupon tab extends down into a cell of the carrier where itlies behind the bottle or other article placed in the cell, it isprotected against accidental detachment. Yet the purchaser is quicklyapprised of the presence of the coupon by feel when he picks up thecarrier by the handle, and, once the bottle has been removed, liftingand detachment of the tab is facilitated by the arrangement I haveprovided. So the functions of protection against unwanted detachment ofthe coupon, ease of detachment when wanted, and of reminding thepurchaser that the coupon is there to be detached, are all provided inthe one simple construction I have invented.

Additionally, my construction is particularly well adapted to bemanufactured on existing machines for carrier fabrication, for thecoupon tab extends from a downwardly folded glue ap at the top of thehandle of the carrier. I have discovered that in making the carrier inits flat folded form as produced for shipment, the coupon tab can beleft outside the adjacent folded end wall where it will lie when thecarrier is folded and glued in the normal sequence of steps. Yet thisdoes not interfere with erection of the carton, for what happens is thatthe outwardly swinging end wall panel lifts the tab until such panelswings beyond the tab whereupon the tab will drop down into the adjacentcell of the carrier without any attention by the person wh-o is settingup the carrier.

Description In the drawings in which I have illustrated the best modecontemplated by me for carrying out my invention:

Fig. l is a face view of my improved carrier in its flat folded form asit appears just before the final folding and gluing step, i. e.'beforethe glue flap at the top of the handle portion of the carrier has beenfolded over and glued.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the at folded carrier as it appearsfollowing the final folding and gluing step, i. e. after the glue iiapat the top vof the handle portion of the carrier has been folded overand glued, bringing the 2,857,077 Patented Oct. 21, 1958 r'ce panellifts the coupon tab until such panel swings beyondl the tab, whereuponthe tab will drop down into the adjacent cell of the carrier as shown inFig. 4, which is a perspective view of the fully erected carrier.

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken as indicated at 5 5in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, illustrating how the coupon tab canbe pushed with the foret-Inger to raise it for easy detachment. A

. My invention has to do with an improvement in the general type offolding paperboard carrier for bottles and the like, which comprisesside wall panels 7, and end wall panels 8 arranged at each side of acentrally arranged handle section 9, the side wall panels beingconnected to the handle sectionby the end wall panels, and means for,partitioning the carrier to provide three cells at each side of thehandle section, such as the partition straps 10, the handle sectionextending above the side and end wall panels, In this type of carrier afold-v ing bottom section 11 extends from .the lowerY edges Vof the sidewall panels 7 as dened by .foldlinesl f formed by scoring the paperboardin a customary manner.- Vertical fold lines f forni hinges for the'sideand end wall panels, and for the partition straps`1tl, during erectionof thercarrier. v ,Y Y 5,

`A detachable coupon tab 12extends'froin` a down- 'I wardly folding glueilap 13 at the top of handle section 9 of the carrier. Tab 12 isattached to flap 13 at a line of severance 14 formed by suitable cuts orperforations, etc. As seen in Fig. 4, the tab 12 is connected to anupper portion of the handle section in a position to extend downwardlybehind an article carried by one of the outer cells of the carrier. Seealso Fig. 5 in which the tab extends downwardly behind a bottle B.

Handle section 9 includes an opening 15 for the fingers of the user. Asbest seen in Figs. 2 and 4, the coupon tab extends downwardly over aportion of this opening, as at 16, for engagement by a forefinger of theperson who is picking up or toting the carrier. This alerts him to thepresence of the coupon, And the coupon tab can be pushed with theforefinger to raise it for easy detachment as illustrated in Fig. 6.

By comparing Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that in the final foldingand gluing step performed in producing the carrier in its flat foldedform, glue ap 13 of the handle portion is folded over, bringing theattached coupon tab 12 against the outside of the adjacent folded endwall 8 of the body portion of the carrier. The carrier as so producedcan be shipped by the box maker to the customer in the form shown inFig. 2 and with the coupon tab left outside the adjacent folded end wall8. This arrangement of the tab does not interfere with erection of thecarrier because, during erection, the outwardly swinging end wall panel8 lifts the tab in the manner shown in Fig. 3 until such panel swingsbeyond the tab, whereupon the tab will drop down into the adjacent cellof the carrier without any attention by the person who is setting up thecarrier.

The terms and expressions which I have employed are used in adescriptive and not a limiting sense, and I have no intention ofexcluding such equivalents of the invention described, or of portionsthereof, as fall within the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. In a folding paperboard carrier for bottles and the like, a handlesection which includes an opening for the fingers of the user, anda'coupon tab attached to the handle section at'or above the upper edgeof said opening and extending downwardly over a portion of said openingfor engagement by the foreiinger whereby the user is alerted to thepresence of the coupon and so that the coupon tab can be pushed with theforenger to raise it for easy detachment.

2. In a folding paperboard carrier for bottles and the like, comprisingside and end wall panels arranged at each side of a centrally arrangedhandle section, the side wall panels connected to the handle section bythe end wall panels, and means for partitioning the carrier to providethree cells at each side of the handle section, the handle sectionextending above the side and end wall panels, a detachable coupon tabconnected to an upper portion of the handle section in a position toextend downwardly behind an article carried by one of the outer cells ofthe carrier, the handle section including an opening for the lingers ofthe user, and the coupon tab being attached to the handle section nearthe upper edge of said opening and extending downwardly over a portionof said opening for engagement by the foretinger whereby the user isalerted to the presence of the coupon and so that the coupon tab can bepushed with the forenger to raise it for easy detachment.

3. In a folding paperboard carrier for bottles and the like, comprisingside and end wall panels arranged at each side of a centrally arrangedhandle section, the side wall panels connected to the handle section bythe end wall panels, and means for partitioning the carrier to providethree cells at each side of the handle section, the handle sectionextending above the side and end wall panels, a detachable coupon tabconnected to an upper portion of the handle section in a position toextend downwardly behind an article carried by one of the outer 4 lcells of the carrier, the coupon tab normally overlying a portion of theadjacent end wall panel when the carrier is in its original at foldedform whereby upon erection of the carrier the outwardly swingingadjacent end wall lifts the tab until said adjacent end wall swingsbeyond the tab whereupon the tab will drop down into the adjacent cellin a position extending below the top of said adjacent end wall, thehandle section including an opening for the lingers of the user, and thecoupon tab extending over a portion of said opening after dropping downinte the adjacent cell as described.

4. ln a folding paperboard carrier for bottles and the like, comprisingside and end wall panels .arranged at each side of a centrally arrangedhandle section, the side wall panels connected to the handle section bythe end wall panels, and means for partitioning the carrier to providethree cells at each side of the handle section, the handle sectionextending above the side and end wall panels, a detachable coupon tabconnected to an upper portion of the handle section in a position toextend downwardly behind an article carried by one of the outer cells ofthe carrier, the lower part of the coupon tab extending into overlappingrelationship to the adjacent wall panel.

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